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Costa Brava – Barcelona 2022 – Spain’s influence in the Ryder Cup

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August 17, 2015 – Spain’s contribution to European golf is considerable, bringing forth players of great style and flair, and producing a Ryder Cup legend who would become one of the world’s greatest sports stars of all time, Severiano Ballesteros.

When the young Seve exploded onto the scene, something, changed. Fans clamoured to see the new star from Spain as he strode confidently across Europe’s fairways, driving the sport into a new era. The ‘Ballesteros effect’ revolutionised the game. His bold, attacking long game, characterised by wild drives and belief-beggaring escapes, combined with a warm charm and a natural rapport with fans gave the game a new image, both in Spain and abroad. No longer was it exclusively for an older, distinguished crowd; Seve was the people’s champion and helped make golf accessible and attractive to all. The sheer passion with which he played reached out across national and social divides and invited everyone to join the Spanish golf fiesta.

Not only did he ignite the passion in Spanish golf, he led the way for the re-emergence of European golf, helping the European Ryder Cup Team to five wins both as a player and captain. José María Olazábal and Seve, affectionately known as the “Spanish Armada” – helped by Manuel Piñero – became the most successful pairing in Ryder Cup history, winning 11 of their 15 matches together. The 12 points they have earned over the years is double that of the next pairing. Seve, along with others, re-energized and re-invigorated the sport across Europe and his legacy now lives on.

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Following in the footsteps of Ballesteros and Olazábal, Spain currently have six players in the Top 150 – Sergio García, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Pablo Larrazábal, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Alejandro Cañizares and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño. Throughout the years, wave after wave of Spanish golfers have risen to the top of the ranks, continually impressing with its breadth and depth of talent. And this trend shows no signs of stopping. Jon Rahm-Rodríguez is the first ranked amateur in the world and is showing signs of being the next big Spanish star, and with Mario Galiano also in the top, Spain’s future stars are already starting to shine.

PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF PLAYING IN, AND HOSTING, THE RYDER CUP

  • 86 European Tour events hosted since 1997 – twice the number hosted by Germany or Portugal in the same period.
  • 38 appearances by Spanish golfers in The Ryder Cup since 1979
  • The first Spanish Open was in 1912, still going strong 103 years later.
  • 2 winning Ryder Cup captains: Seve Ballesteros and José María Olazábal

Spain has had a player represented in every edition of The Ryder Cup since 1979. Spanish players have captained The European Ryder Cup Team twice. Spain has hosted the oly European Ryder Cup to be held outside of the UK & Ireland (Valderrama, 1997) and have hosted more European Tour events than any competitor nation. No other nation has contributed more to European golf than Spain in the modern era.

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Costa Brava – Barcelona 2022 – Benefits of hosting The Ryder Cup

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July 27, 2015 – As one of the world’s great sporting events, The Ryder Cup offers its host significant legacy benefits, of which Spain can take advantage if the 2022 edition is granted to the Costa Brava – Barcelona bid and is organized at PGA Catalunya Resort.

  • Direct economic impact: The Ryder Cup will attract in excess of 250.000 spectators to Catalonia. Over 65% of theses will be from outside of the Catalonia region. In past editions, hosts have experienced over €140 million of direct economic impact generated by the event.
  • Destination marketing: The Ryder Cup is broadcast to over 500 million homes in 183 countries. This is almost 20 times bigger than F1 (the Spanish Grand Prix was watched by 28 million viewers in 2014). We will have a unique opportunity to showcase our region, our cities and our golf offering to this global marketplace.
  • Golf tourism: The golf industry is worth €1.2 billion to the Spanish economy. Golf tourism in one of Catalonia’s biggest attractions. However, we are seeing increased competition in golf tourism from Portugal, Germany, France and the Middle East. We can use The Ryder Cup to promote our golf tourism offering to the world and re-establish ourselves as the world’s best golf destination.
  • Golf development: We have bold and exciting plans to harness the power of The Ryder Cup to increase golf participation across Spain, and introduce the sport to a new generation of players, making it more accessible and inclusive than ever before. At the heart of the plan, is wanted to make golf family-friendly. Through a grass-roots development programme, the aim is for every school child in Catalonia to have experienced golf by 2022. We also want to use The 2022 Ryder Cup Match to increase the appeal of the sport to women and a key component of our development strategy focuses on plans and initiatives to encourage and enable female participation.

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  • Sustainability: As a global sporting event, which brings some of the world’s top sports people together to compete in a natural landscape, The Ryder Cup has a unique responsibility and opportunity to respect and promote nature, demonstrate innovation and efficiency in the use of natural resources and to bring as wide a value as possible to local communities. The Spanish bid embraces environmental and social excellence and will use the opportunity that The Ryder Cup provides to deliver more to benefit the landscape and people of our region. Beyond that, it will motivate hundreds of thousands of people – nationally and internationally – to lay a positive role in their communities and to respect and enhance their local environment. As part of our 2022 Ryder Cup Match preparation, we would work to set the benchmark for sustainable golf events both internationally and nationally. We would set up a Sustainable Golf Innovation Fund and run an annual award series to recognise the golf facilities in Spain that are excelling in sustainability and setting out a plan to tackle issues of climate change and ecological impact.
  • A decade of golf: In bringing The Ryder Cup to Catalonia, we will also guarantee over 30 European Tour grade events in Spain over 12 years – many of which will be held at the golf venues of Catalonia.

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Ryder Cup 2022 – Ryder Cup Europe examines Costa Brava – Barcelona’s technical plans

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July 13, 2015 – As the process to select a host for The 2022 Ryder Cup moves into the final phases, Ryder Cup Europe is visiting each candidate nation to evaluate the technical elements of each of their bids.

Ryder Cup Europe recently visited PGA Catalunya Resort to further evaluate Spain’s bid for The 2022 Ryder Cup Match. This is the next stage in the formal bid process that will select a host for the 2022 Match.

A modern day Ryder Cup counts itself among the world’s ‘mega events’. Consequently, the need for robust and innovative transport, security and logistics operations is essential.

Ryder Cup Match Director, Edward Kitson, Ryder Cup Operations Director, Antonia Beggs, and European Tour Director of Tour Operations, David Garland, spent two days with the Spanish bid team to gain a more complete understanding of the transport, parking, accommodation and crowd management proposals.

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Edward Kitson said: “Hosting a Ryder Cup brings some unique challenges. Ensuring spectators, journalists and workforce enjoy the best experience possible every day requires detailed planning.”

“Over the past two days, we have had a chance to experience the full spectator journey proposed in the Spanish bid dossier. We have visited the parking, experienced the journey times to the venue, met with a number of the proposed hotels and conducted a full review of the golf course.”

“This has allowed us to understand how a Ryder Cup in Spain in 2022 could deliver the key elements we need. We have shared a number of observations and ideas with the Spanish bid team, and we look forward to working with all of the remaining candidate nations over the coming months to further refine their respective bids.”

Ryder Cup Europe will announce the host nation for The 2022 Ryder Cup in Autumn 2015.

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Costa Brava – Barcelona 2022 – More than a Cup, the Ryder Cup in figures…

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July 6, 2015 – The Royal Spanish Golf Federation (RFEG), supported by stakeholders from across Spain and Catalunya, is bidding to bring The 2022 Ryder Cup to Costa Brava – Barcelona.

This global sporting event will propel Spanish golf and its cities, beaches and mountains into the homes of more than 500 million people around the world.

The world will see first hand the hospitality, commerce, gastronomy and culture of Costa Brava-Barcelona, and sports fans Young and old will be inspired, as the world’s golf stars come together at PGA Catalunya Resort top lay for a place in history.

THE RYDER CUP IN FIGURES…

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  • 500 million TV viewers watched each day of competition in 2014
  • 183 countries broadcast The Ryder Cup
  • 143 million Euros was the direct economic impact to Ryder Cup hosted in Ireland in 2006
  • 250.000 spectators attend over the 6 days event
  • 65% of them are international spectators
  • 1.2 billion Euros is the value of the golf industry to Spain

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Ryder Cup 2022 – Olazábal and Sergio García to support Spain’s Ryder Cup bid

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April 30, 2015 – José María Olazábal and Sergio García, two of Spain’s biggest Ryder Cup stars, have given their full support to the country’s bid to bring The 2022 Ryder Cup to Costa Brava-Barcelona.

As all bidding nations prepare to submit their bid dossiers to Ryder Cup Europe, Olazábal and García join forces to describe what a home Ryder Cup would mean to them, and golf in Spain.

José María Olazábal, who captained the European Team to victory in 2012 and partnered Ryder Cup icon Seve Ballesteros, winning 11 of their 15 matches together, said: “It would be fantastic to have The Ryder Cup at home in 2022. It would be beautiful, especially on the 25th anniversary of Valderrama. We have a Ryder Cup history to be proud of. It would be a great tribute to the contribution that all Spanish players have given to this event.”

At the age of just 19, Sergio García became the youngest player to participate in the revered competition. He has been a member of the European Ryder Cup team a staggering seven times – having been on the winning side five times – and was vice-captain in the 2010 edition.

Speaking about the impact a Spanish Ryder Cup would bring, Sergio García said: “The Ryder Cup means everything to me. It’s the most exciting tournament we have in golf and one of the most exhilarating sporting events on the planet. I hold it very close to my heart.”

“It would be truly amazing to have a Ryder Cup in Spain,” he continued. “It’s very important for our new generation. It helped increase participation considerably in 1997 and it would be a great boost for Spanish golf.”

Spain’s bid enjoys unanimous support from both Government and private sector supporters. If successful, The 2022 Match would be played at PGA Catalunya Resort, located within easy reach of the twin gateway cities of Barcelona and Girona, and within minutes of the beaches and resorts of the Costa Brava.

Costa Brava-Barcelona 2022 will submit its bid dossier to Ryder Cup Europe today 30th April and Ryder Cup Europe will announce The 2022 Match host in Autumn 2015.

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